circumlocution
nounHow many syllables in circumlocution?
There are 5 syllables in the word circumlocution.How to pronounce circumlocution:
Definition of circumlocution:
- circumlocution (noun):
- an indirect expression
- noun. an indirect way of expressing something.
- the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea
Synonyms for circumlocution:
ambage
ambiguity
ambiguousness
beating about the bush
diffuseness
discursiveness
equivocation
euphemism
indirect expression
indirectness
periphrasis
prolixity
quibbling
redundancy
shuffle
tergiversation
wordiness
Here are some other common 5-syllable words.
- apprehensible
- autological
- magniloquent
- cephalisation
- animadversion
- congratulations
- anniversary
- conglomeration
- infrequently
- unmeasurable
- miraculously
- unnaturally
- nonnegotiable
- geometrical
- postmeridian
- reinvigoration
- tumultuously
- consecutively
- undemonstrative
- debilitation
- simplification
- precipitation
- salability
- circumstantially
- quantifiable
- uniformity
- customarily
- emasculated
- appropriately
- unbelievably
- melodramatic
- fashionable
- undeniably
- indefinitely
- evaporation
- multisyllabic
- ameliorate
- inarticulate
- uncapitalized
- invaluable
- auditorium
- insupportable
- unenviable
- unalterable
- recommendable
- impoverishment
- inauspicious
- additionally
- inexhaustible
- unbelievable
- … more
Syllable Fun Fact
Some languages, like Japanese, are considered mora-timed, where the duration of each syllable (or mora) is approximately equal.
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